Russian Bale Seal, Baltic States, Flax, NP, 1793, Image by StuE, Found by PWS.
Found in Colchester region.
These seals are Russian flax bale quality control seals mostly originating from Archangel, St Petersburg & other Baltic ports. See Lead Seals of Russian Origin in Fife – John Sullivan, p.211,Tayside & Fife Archaeological Journal, Volume Six 2000.
Inscription deciphered and completed by Ged Dodd of The PeaceHavens Project, IDS 84 using his extensive database:-
ЛД = LD / K.KAPAЛEBЬ = K.KARALEV / H43 // NP / AH12H / 1795
